Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-01-14


father than that at a los everything,
however, was counted Hi iuii Htr. cr vu-
ne, hu, the farmer, probably, could Iu,,i }-
hIy raise them somewhat larger. Cora
cob, he said, ave too valuable a~ food 30
be wasted ~ they frequently are. They
should be ground 40 with heavy foods,
aud fed 10 stock. Mr.. Lane could not
agree with Prof Cooke in the value Of
Cob~, as his experience had taught him
differently. Mr.. Whitney, II successful
farmer OF Nilliston, was called on to give
his experience with feeding cotton
seed, which he did briefly. He had
used it with calves as well rs older
stock and had uniformity been sue
ces-stul. The members of the Board We're
somewhat astonished bN this, rs it is the
current opinion that feeding cotton seed to
unwenned calves will, in nine cases out
of ten produce death.
Mr. Gerald IIowatt of Shelburn was eX-
pcctcd to speak upon "Why farming does
not pay but was unable to he present
and his address will be given this after
noon.
EVENING SESSION.
The meeting in the evening opened
promptly at 1:30 with large attendance
of people who had renuned over from the
earlier sessions of the day, having been
most Hospitality received by the many
eouh cIlHehs living III the village ana near
vicinity.
me nlst speaker was MI kplun I.
Smith of pittsford, who spoke ~ folloWo
but at much greater length, taking for
his topic, "The Dairy and Dairy Stock
The successful breeding OF farm stock is
Il problem very lew nave solved. a lew
Judlclous crosses are marvellous III the
hummer ol chaheeS theS VIII produce rue
MerinO sheep of to day isa great improve
meht over NE orlGihal importation. A
! FARMER Hl?l IliSl ue'cTIlllhe Whd' type ne
| wants ana by Judlcious breeding Will pro
luce marvellous results IN Two or three
generations Pocliity as vel us harGl-
ness should DE pfeu Tor ana can ne Qbtlh-
e'l as wen rs loIln OF Color a larther
should feed as he breeds with Jnticlous-
ness, ana VSpeclal!N sll"uu 'horuughpfeHN
receive more attention thitn inc othtf~.
h'lt mas perhaps oeeil less attention PAD
l" re 'reeuil- VI Soou utlrS Slock i'll Ne' :
lnohl Juan any oIher StoCh aS general
| thlhS'
good COW should nave the iolloWln
charactelI~' Ic9 H0oo SIZE Oh c"htetttd
ulsposl tl"'' a 1Hpu Ieeuer ana capacI
To receive GI@eaI IDerai amount.
care should pt 'aNch VI me ralSlh4 OF
caves as ms Is very luhPQrIiht W own
pan Whlch mas peen larry successful, Is
less man week oIH, laklhg care not TO
oNerleed no cora OF sour MIX IN aitef
honlh olu KEEP separate OF Oed IN Two
| nuns on urn ou' WheH AT uhls age
! sun Iee'unT nlHh'
lhe speaker gave ms own experience IN
the raising OF cow. Al -FOUR days oil age
me can should be learned to drink mix
Irtsh from lhG COW auu Us nave pelOie
''' eu Iteu WIN ui9crSIIoh'
cali should De FED much longer than
= months. 40 gram il there Is plenty
| 81 uthtr leeu. me young STOCK should Dt
]
oats.
W men we cone 10 the COW mat Is about
to come in, her food should be light, such
! a. ruots' Dfall, cue. by ihe hlnth mix
| lnG, any way, the call shol'Id DE taken
! from utr
Grass IN June Is so complete ration
lor mix mat we can not improve !pou IT,
The most trying perod Is tl"i't latter
| part Oh July 10 lall leed' 10 Keep up the
| now Oh mix many FARMERS either staott
| thelr cows the year round feeding either
nay or bran ana shortS, either couf'e pro
9uclhg most Sa5islact"ry results. Every
| ualryniah Hhould RAISE loduef corn ah'
1ecn IL any time after ne blossom appears
COWS should 20 TO ne larln as early IA
lut hI9t lroata' ana Shouii ne ltu Soil'
ratio. dry nay or corn ana clean stable
PROVIDED. Hh9 corn sf"uhI VIII
haflty good Farmers ShouIu ras'
! IheIF own gram duu Itci IL uii'
straw, ana c"IuStalks should b'
cut 100 much care cannon ne (aket
OF stock that they are properly stabbed be
ln@ iuIiy as important as any oih9r oh'
thln4 IN summer COWS should ne varied
AZ least ID minutes before milking "n'
QrINrh WThou' worry ne 'nlIN HhuuI'
be iraWh a. quietly ana quickly a. pos
SlpIe' good mixer mixing ~ COWS ~
H9ur'
, me speaker closed with some statistic
showing the Importance OF inns lnuus;r.
10 Neruoul hut there were many p9iut
III WHlIh the llNurcs cullIu ana should ID
improved
me subject OF the state a4rlcultuih
experiment station was presented 10y Prot
Cooke, me station Is not to he an eNpel
lhcHlli larll' put aheNperlmelthl iauorH
. Tory Whefe the FARMER can get chehlcH
work done at the eX. y. OF the state |
. l. hoptu mat me Hatch Dlll now befor
= the Natlohal Congress Will shortly pas
= ana mus PROVIDE means Tor carrying on
t der + he dirrct i'm and control nf III. l. m
uer nv ofiVt,."l anu GGi'rol VI w ~
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